Cbotalabia.] leg JJMINOSM. 206 



A mucli-lDranclied herb, 1-2 ft. high, clothed with long silky hairs. Leaves 

 shortly stalked, 1-3 in, long, linear- oblong, obtuse, rounded at both ends, 



, thinly silky; stipules small, linear, persistent. Racemes terminal and 

 lateral, 6-9 in. long, stalked ; hracts lanceolate, leafy. Calyx densely 

 silky, f in. long ; upper teeth lanceolate, lower linear. Corolla yellow, 

 not exserted. Pod nearly sessile, twice as long as the calyx, oblong, 

 glabrous, 20-30-seeded. 



Common within the area. Disteib. : Throughout the hotter parts of 

 India, and on the Himalaya up to 4,000 ft. 



12. C. albida, He,ine ex Roth Nov. PI. 333; W. Sf A. Prod. 189; F. B. I, 

 ii, 71. C. montana, Roxh. Fl. Ind. in, 265 ;W.Sf A. Prod. 182. 



An erect perennial herb or small undershrub, 1-2 ft. high, with numerous 

 firm slender terete obscurely silky branches. Leaves shortly stalked, 

 1-2 in. long, linear or oblanceolate, obtuse or mucronate, firm, gland- 

 dotted, glabrescent above, thinly silky beneath ; stipules 0. Racemes 

 terminal, rarely lateral, 2-1 in. long, laxly 6-20-fld ; bracts linear, very 

 minute. Calyx turbinate, ^ in. long, elongating in fruit, thinly silky; 

 teeth long, 3 lower linear and acuminate, upper broader and often subob- 

 tuse. Petals yellow, sometimes tinged with lilac. Pod sessile, about 

 twice as long as the calyx, oblong- cylindrical, glabrous, 6-12-soeded. 



Dehra Dun, Eohilkhand, N. Oudh. Distrib. : Hotter Parts of India and 

 in Ceylon, Burma, Malay Pen. and Islands, extending to China and the 

 Philippines. 



13. C. retusa, Linn. 8p. PI. 715; Rmth. Fl. Ind. Hi, 272; W. Sf A. 

 Prod. 187; Royle III. 191 ; D. ^ G. Bomb. Fl. 55 ; F. B. .. ii, 75 ; Watt E. D. 



An erect robust undershrub, 3-4 ft. high. Bran en eg stout, striated, glab- 

 rous. Leaves ]|-3 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, usually retuse at the apex 

 rarely subacute, base cuneate ; stipules subulate, very small. Racemes 

 terminal, 6-8 in. long, laxly 12-20 fid ; bracts small, subulate, deflexed ; 

 pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx ^-^ in. long, nearly glabrous, teeth 

 lanceolate, twice as long as the campanulate tube. Corolla nearly twice 

 the length of the calyx, yellow tinged with purple. Pod distinctly 

 stalked, 1-1| in. long, exserted, oblong, glabrous, 15-20-seeded. 



Pehra Dun, N. Oudh, Agra, Bundelkhand. Distrib. : Hotter portions of 

 India from the Himalaya to Ceylon and in the Malay Pen. ; extending 

 to the Malay Islands, China, N. Australia ; also in Trop. Africa and 

 America, but doubtfully wild. This plant is cultivated in some parts of 

 India for its fibre, which is sold as san hemp. 



14. C. sericea, Retz. Ohs. V, 26 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 273 (not of Burm.) ; 

 W. Sf A. Prod. 186 ; Royle III. 191 ; D. Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 55; F. B. I. ii, 75 ; 

 Watt E. D. Vern. Sanni. (Punjab and Dehra Dun). 



An erect robust undershrub, 3-4 ft. high. _ Branches stout, striated, nearly 

 glabrous. Leaves shortly stalked, 2-6 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 or subacute, cuneate at the base, glabrous above, finely silky beneath ; 

 stipules large, leafy, persistent. Racemes terminal, often one foot long, 

 lax, 20-4i0-fid ; bracts ovate, leafy, persistent, deflexed ; pedicels longer 



